Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 课件 2024-2025学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

UNIT 4 NATURAL DISASTERS 1 To read news report about Tangshan earthquake. To use context to understand new words and expressions, predicting before reading, summarizing the main idea of each paragraph. To describe and talk about a natural disaster. Name the following natural disasters based on the pictures. earthquake tornado wildfire drought landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption What natural disasters can you see? Natural disasters typhoon/ hurricane (台风) tsunami (海啸) tornado (龙卷风) flood (洪水) fire earthquake earthquake In the village wells In the farmyard In the sky water ( ) walls ( ) chickens, pigs ( ) dogs ( to go inside) mice (___________________________) fish (____________________) in the sky loud noises rose and fell, rose and fell deep cracks strange things （before） too nervous to eat bright lights refused ____________ jumped out of the water ran out to look for places to hide How did people feel? unaware/unprepared asleep as usual Activity 3:Read for details warning signs Read para.1. 6 Para. 1 Read para.2--3. 2. ______ of the nation felt the earthquake. 1.At _________, everything began to shake. 3.In less than___ minute, a large city . 4.A huge crack ,___ kilometres long and___ metres wide，appeared. 5. 2/3 of the people died or . 6.The number of people who were killed or badly injured was more than ________. Thousands of children were left . 3:42 a.m. Nearly1/3 1 8 30 were injured 400,000 deadly damage （during） 7.Buildings,factories,homes and hospitals . 8.Bridges and tracks_________ 9.Cows,pigs and chickens . 10.Water,food and electricity . lay in ruins without parents were gone were destroyed. were dead were hard to get How did people feel? hopeless shocked in panic 7 para 1 para 2 para 3 para 4 para 5 A. The happening of the earthquake B. The rescue work C. The destructive effects D. The revival of the city E. Strange signs before the earthquake How is this passage developed? Time order 中原联盟 践行 分享 进步 2mins:Careful reading:Part 1: quick ask & quick answer Part1. (1) warning signs before the earthquake see smell hear water, deep crack, chickens, pigs, dogs, fish, mice, lights smelly gas loud noise unaware Establish disaster awareness Part 1.--people’s reaction 中原联盟 践行 分享 进步 3minutes： Careful reading:Part 2 True or False. Correct the false statements. 1. It caused a huge crack of 150 kilometers long and 30 metres deep. 2. Over 40,000 people were killed or badly injured as well as thousands of animals. 3. One third of the factories and all its hospitals fall into ruins. 4. Most bridges and railway tracks were destroyed and became useless. 5. The earthquake was one of the most deadly earthquakes in the 20th century. F F F T T 8 wide 400,000 75 % ruins: the state or process of being destroyed or severely damaged. Part 2.-- great damage reduce Make buildings stronger. 中原联盟 践行 分享 进步 Part 1 (para. ___) Part 2 (paras. ___) Part 3 (paras. ___) 1 2-3 4-5 Revival after the earthquake Signs before the earthquake Damage during the earthquake Skim the passage and match the main idea of each part. Skim and find out the topic sentences. n. 气体；燃气；汽油 Read the first paragraph and answer the questions. What were some of the strange things that were happening before the earthquake? How do you understand the last sentence in Paragraph 1? It serves as a link between the preceding and the following content. Tang shan’s new look Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Union is strength, strength changes the world. 团结就是力量，力量改变世界。 When facing natural disasters, maybe we are so powerless.But we need to hold the firm belief that our country will never give up on us,and unity can overcome everything. In the meantime, all of us really need to arouse our awareness of disaster prevention! Summary: 中原联盟 践行 分享 进步 利用语境猜测词义。一、生词所在句子或段落中出现的其它词汇的意思；二、文本的主题知识；三、生词在句子中的语法结构知识。下面看看如何利用语境猜测ruin和brick的词义。 第二段ruin上下文提取信息：coming to an end, deadly earthquakes, damage, crack, cut across, rivers of dirt, dead, injured, without parents, killed, badly injured。描述了毁灭性的画面：the large city was destroyed completely，可以猜测ruin“毁坏，破坏”。 第三段brick上文About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone及该词所在句covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away可知，工厂、建筑物、房子、医院等消失不见了，风没能吹走的红色物体遍地都是，可以推测brick “砖，砖块”。 n. It describes the city straight after the earthquake. In a short time, a lot of damage was done, so it must describe a place that has been badly damaged. brick ruin ruin brick trap bury n. It is used to describe the buildings that have fallen. They are red like leaves, but also heavy, because the wind cannot move them. They sound like the red clay blocks commonly used to build buildings. Read the sentences describing what happened after a huge earthquake. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words and phrases from the text. The huge earthquake left nearly the whole city __________. 2. Everyone was __________, thinking the world must be coming to an end. 3. Millions of people were left without water, food or _________. in ruins in shock electricity 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。 1. If a snowslide strikes, skiers can be ________ (bury) alive by snow. 2. It's so airless in here — I can hardly ________ (breath). 3. An economic ________ (revive) is sweeping the country. 4. The tower was made of ________ (brick). 5. Many kinds of ________ (metal) are used to make the parts of this machine. buried breathe revival bricks   metals    $$